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Old 9th Jul 2014, 20:37
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Easy Street
 
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Well, a techie will have to provide the details, but this head-on video should give you the general idea of how the main gear rotates forward around an angled pivot point as it comes in:



Some helpful information I can give is that the nosewheel doors are operated mechanically by linkages to the noseleg itself, without any jacks. The mainwheel doors are jack-operated.
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